On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 05:02:17PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > I can understand that saying "the new iBook" doesn't help very much > especially when a new one comes along. The Apple Tech Info Library uses > "iBook Dual-USB (2001)" as the full name. And saying "icebook" doesn't > help much, it's just like when somebody says they have a graphite g4, a > indigo imac or a tangerine ibook: it's useless (at least after a second > version with the same look pops up). blame apple's marketing deptartment for naming all the computers indistincivly. there are now 3 variations of `PowerMac G4' one is a BlueG3 minus firmware trojan, plus gray case, and plus G4 processor, the other is the AGP model, and now we have another AGP model that has the nickname quicksilver.... imagine the nightmare it must be to be an Apple tech support agent, typical MacOS users are unlikly to know about such names as `iBook Dual-USB' much less that they HAVE the Dual-USB version. say what you will about the old numbering system at least you know what the differences are between a 7200 and a 8500. of course apple could have simply used a version number system iBook Version 1 iBook Version 2 PowerMac G4 Version 1 PowerMac G4 Version 2 PowerMac G4 Version 3 but that would blow apples current `easy to use' naming system wouldn't it? </sarcasm> -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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